History Trivia / TheSopranos

** [[SayakaOhara Meadow is]] [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi Beatrice]], [[QueensBlade Melpha]] and [[KaleidoStar Layla Hamilton]] in the first dubbed version. In the second dubbed version, [[SachikoKojima she is]] [[SuperRobotWarsZ Marguerite Pistail]]

* MemeticMutation: It didn't last very long, but there were dozens of copies and parodies of the final scene all over Website/YouTube immediately after the show ended. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5yN_R5I7dE the Pittsburgh Pirates parody]] was the most famous.
** Not to mention one of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shKJk3Rph0E Hilary Clinton's earliest campaign ads]] in the 2008 Presidential Election, when she used it to introduce her new campaign song.

* WrittenByCastMember: Michael Imperioli wrote several episodes of ''Series/TheSopranos''.

** [[KenjiNomura Big Pussy is]] [[BlazBlue Iron Tager]] and [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Yammy]] in the first dubbed version

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: RayLiotta, or ''{{Goodfellas}'' fame, was the first choice to play Tony Soprano.

** [[TaitenKusunoki Silvio Dante is]] [[{{Naruto}} Ibiki Morino]] in the first dubbed version

** [[KenjiNomura Big Pussy is]] [[BlazBlue Iron Tager]] and [[{{Bleach}} Yammy]] in the first dubbed version

** Not to mention one of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shKJk3Rph0E Hilary Clinton's earliest campaign ads]] in the 2008 Presidential election, when she used it to introduce her new campaign song.

** [[KenjiNomura Big Pussy is]] [[BlazBlue Iron Tager]] and [[{{Bleach}} Yammy}} in the first dubbed version

** [[SayakaOhara Meadow is]] [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi Beatrice]], [[QueensBlade Melpha]] and [[KaleidoStar Layla Hamilton]] in the first dubbed version. [[SachikoKojima In the second dubbed version, she is]] [[SuperRobotWarsZ Marguerite Pistail]]

** [[TaisenKusunoki Silvio Dante is]] [[{{Naruto}} Ibiki Morino]] in the first dubbed version

* HeyItsThatVoice: Some foreign-dubbed versions were [[TheOtherDarring dubbed more than once:]]

* MemeticMutation: It didn't last very long, but there were dozens of copies and parodies of the final scene all over YouTube immediately after the show ended. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5yN_R5I7dE the Pittsburgh Pirates parody]] was the most famous.
* WrittenByCastMember: Michael Imperioli wrote several episodes of ''TheSopranos''.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante. He plays with Bruce Springsteens "E-Street Band." There are several references to Springsteen in the show, though whether they are {{Actor Allusion}}s or not is impossible to tell. It's Jersey, after all.
** Also, [[{{Scrubs}} Carla]] shows up in bed with Paulie.
** [[ArrestedDevelopment GOB]] is married to an FBI agent.
** [[{{Lost}} Miles]] is in the mental hospital with Junior.
** [[TheWire Omar]] is running a small hotel.
** [[{{Saw}} Jigsaw]] is running a military academy in the season 3 finale.
** Doctor [[{{Dexter}} Masuka]] stabilized a comatose Tony in the sixth season.

* ActorAllusion:
** In one episode, Paulie says, "I lived through TheSeventies by the skin of my nuts when the Colombos were goin' at it." Tony Sirico, the actor who plays Paulie, actually was an associate of the Colombo crime family before turning to acting.
** There are several references to BruceSpringsteen in the show (Chris: "The turnpike is jammed with broken heroes on a last-chance power drive."), whom Steven van Zandt has played with for years. But it's difficult to tell if it's a deliberate Allusion because, hey, it's Jersey.
* CelebrityParadox:
** In one episode, Tony watches ''Film/TheFugitive'' -- oddly, he doesn't notice that Ralphie has a minor role in it.
** ''{{Goodfellas}}''. It's mentioned quite a few times in the series, even though ''half of the major cast are in it'', including but not limited to Michael Imperioli (Christopher), Vincent Pastore (Pussy), Tony Sirico (Paulie) and LorraineBracco (Dr. Melfi), who played a major supporting role in the film as the main character's wife.
** Similarly, ''TheGodfather Part II'' is referenced a number of times, in which Dominick Chianese (Uncle Junior) has a supporting role as Johnny Ola.
** Chris references ''{{Bruce Springsteen}}'' in one Episode even though Steven Van Zandt (Silvio) is guitar player in the E Street Band

** [[TheWire Omar]] is running a small hotel.

** [[{{Lost}} Miles]] is in the mental hospital with Junior.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante. He plays with Bruce Springsteens "E-Street Band." There are several references to Springsteen in the show, though whether they are {{Actor Allusion}}s or not is impossible to tell. It's Jersey, after all.